May 2012

May 10th, 2012

Here's a great video telling the story of fertilizer's role in sustainable agriculture and food security.



This video is sponsored by IFA, TFI, Fertilizers Europe, ANDA/Brazil, and CFI. 

May 7th, 2012

From Southwest Farm Press:


"Band fertilizer placement may cause non-uniform distribution in the soil.


Why does this matter? Because when fertilizer is unevenly distributed, it may not be possible to use traditional sampling strategies to measure whole-field fertility, said assistant professor of crop sciences Fabian Fernandez."


Read more here.